Golf-stroke-registering device



June 24,1930. C, w, wlLLlAMs 1,765,518

GOLF STROKE REGISTERING DEVICE Filed Aug. 9, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet l June 24, 1930. C, w. WILLIAMS GOLA" STROKE REGISTERING DEVICE Filed Aug. 9, 1926 2 Sheens-SheefI 2 Patented June 24, 1930 PATENT OFFICE CLAUDE W. WILLIAMS, OF PAWHUSKA, OKLAHOMA GOLF-STROKE-REGISTERING DEVICE Application led August 9, 1926. Serial No. 128,132.

This invention relates to a device comprising a captive golf ball which is adapted to be struck by various golf clubs and provides means for registering the relative strength or character of the golf` stroke. It is adapted to be used for the purpose of exercising or in connection with other devices or apparatus to provide a suitable game. lThe objects are to provide a captive ball which is secured to a flexible member' and lmeans provided for registering the stroke applied to such ball.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating this invention:

Figure 1 is a top plan'view of ay captive ball provided with my improved stroke registering apparatus;

Figure 2 is a side view, a part being shown in section;

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail of a portion of the recording or indicating mechanism;

Figure 4 is a side view similar to Figure 2, but showing a modified form of construc- 25 tion; and

Figure 5 is an enlarged sectional detail.

The captive ball apparatus 8 has `,a shaft or pin 10 which may be driven directly inA the ground but'y which preferably fits in a hollow shaft or peg 11 which is driven in the ground and which has a set screw 12 for holding the pin 10 securely in position. The pin 10 is preferably reduced at its upper end to provide a bearing 13 for a sleeve or collar 14 which rests on the shoulder 15.

This sleeve or collar may conveniently comprise a tee which has a rod or arm 16 projecting at right angles to the pin.' A cord or cable 17 is connected to the end of the arm 16 by a swivel connection or joint 18 and carries a ball 19 at its outer or free end. 'The ball 19 is preferablymade of resilient material and may be attached to the cable 5 17 in any desired manner. A golf ball is preferably used for this purpose.

The upper end of the pin or shaft 10 carries a disk 20 which may conveniently be made of light sheet metal and which is held in fixed position between nuts 21 and/22 which engage with the threaded upper end of' the pin.

The disk 20 is provided on its upper edge with a scale or calibration 23 such as marked l7 to 50, which scale may be considered as indicating yards or distance.

The disk is also provided on its upper surface with any other desired legends, markings or indications adapted for use in connection with the playing of a game.

The arm 16 has a pin or projection 24 which engages with a star wheel 25 which is secured to. a bolt or shaft 26 having its bearing in a hole 27 in the disk 20. The star wheel is held against free rotation by means of va spring 28 and friction Washer 29. The shaft or bolt 26 carries a pointer 30 at its upper end which is adapted to register with the numerals on they dial 31 on the upper surface of the disk 20.- The player places the ball 19 on the tee 32 and strikes the same with any suitable club, as for instance, a driver. This causes the ball with its connected parts to rotate about the pin l10. The number of revolutions will of course be dependent upon the force with which the ball is struck. At each time the pin 24 passes the star wheel, it engages with onel of the points andvrotates the `star wheel one tooth or point so that five revolutions of the arm would make the star wheel turn one revolution. The length of the stroke is therefore indicated by the pointer 30 and the scale 23. For instance, if the armv16 makes two complete revolutions and then passes on to the numeral 15 of the scale 23, the pointer 30 would be on the numeral 2 which would indicate one hundred yards, which added to the fifteen would make a total of one hundred and fifteen yards.,

When this device is to be used on a floor vor hard surface, as in a room,` the pin 10 is inserted in a heavy base 33 which is provided Awith a set screw 34 for holding the pin, as shown in Figure `4.

The stroke measuring or registering device may'be used `for practice or exercise and when used in this manner will indicate to the person using the same, the length or character of thev stroke made, or the device may be used in various ways or with other instrumentalities (not shown) to provide a game or games to be played by a number of persons. It will also be noted that changes may be made in the details of construction, and the arrangement of the different parts or elements utilized in connection with my improved device without departing from the scope of this invention, and therefore I do ,not wish to be limited to the exact construction herein shown and described, except as specified in the following claims, in which I claim:

1. In a device of the character set forth, the combination of a pin, an arm rotatably mounted on the pin, a ball, flexible means for securing the ball to the arm, a disk l'iXed to said pin and having a scale on the outer periphery thereof, a pin projecting from the arm and adapted to register with said scale, a star wheel mounted on the disk and adapted to be rotated by the pin, and a pointer Jfor indicating the movement of the star wheel.

2; In a device of the character set forth, the combination of a socket, a pin adapted to t in said socket, means for holding the pin in the socket, an arm rotatably mounted on the pin, a flexible member secured to the arm, a resilient ball secured to the flexible member, a disk iixed on said pin and having a scale around the periphery thereof, a projection on said arm adapted to register with said scale, a star wheel adapted to be engaged by said projection for rotating the same, a bolt Secured tothe star wheel and passing through the disk a pointer on said bolt, and rictional means tending to hold the star wheel against rotation.

3. A captive ball device comprising a shaft having a reduced upper end, a sleeve mounted on said upper end and resting on the shoulder, an arm secured to said sleeve, acable swiveled to the end of the arm, a ball at the end of said cable, nuts engaging with the threaded upper end of the shaft, a disk secured between said nuts and having a. scale thereon, and a pointer on the arm adapted to register with Said scale. l

4. A golf stroke registering device comprising a pin, means for supporting the pin in vertical position, a captive ball having a rotatable connection with the pin, a

y disk secured to the pin, a pointer on the rotatable connection adapted to register with the peripheryof the disk, said disk having characters or indicia thereon for indicating the movement of the ball and also for directing the strokes to be made and also for indicating distances between holes or other information to be followed' in playing a game.

CLAUDE W. WILLIAMS.

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